Lesson 6 - Exploration on analogy metaphor

Statement~

Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of “Love”

Love is like CHILI..
It is hot and spicy...
Sometimes it will make you cry..
But once you taste it,
You will realize the different taste of love~!

Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of “Love or Life”

Life is like COFFEE...
You must enjoy your life
Just like how you enjoy your coffee...
Because life is valuable!

Create a passage/writing that describe the concept of “Man or Woman”

Man is like mortar and pestle...
No matter how mortar and pestle are hit,
they are still remain the same....
Man is strong like mortar and pestle...
No matter how ,
they still responsible in the role of man.... =)

[Sharing] Public figure =)

I will like to share a public figure here -

A famous super star -Jackie Chan!

Jackie Chan is very talent. He not only is a Hong Kong actor but also is a action choreographer, flimmaker, comedian, director, producer, martial artitst, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer.

In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts. Jackie Chan started acting since the 1960s and has appeared in over 100 films. Beside that he has received stars on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Jackie Chan has been referenced in various pop songs, cartoons, and video games too. Jackie Chan is also a Cantopop and Mandopop star. He have released a number of albums and sung many of the theme songs for the films.
[source]

Here are some videos of Jackie Chan -

Jackie Chan "Drunken master 2 theme song"

Lesson 5 - Juxtaposition

Eg.Juxtaposition of church and tall contrasting building

What is Juxtaposition??

Definition: Simply stated, juxtaposition means placing things side-by-side. In art this usually is done with the intention of bringing out a specific quality or creating an effect, particularly when two contrasting or opposing elements are used. The viewer's attention is drawn to the similarities or differences between the elements. [source]

Some people will feel hard to understand what is juxtaposition. However it is very easy to understand by explaining using pictures!

Juxtaposition is quite often use in advertisement.

Juxtaposition by putting the healthy advertisement and the fast food advertisement. We will directly get the message of fast food will cause obesity.

The creative process inspiration quotes

Its time to share the some quotes!

1) There's nothing either good or bad but thinking make so. - William Shakespeare

2) Keep changing. When you're through changing, you're through. - Bruce Barton

3) If we did all the thing we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. - Thomas A. Edison

4) Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and put one's thought into action is the most difficult in the world. - Johann Wolfgang Von Georhe

5) If you would create something, you must be something. - Johann Wolfgang Von Georhe

6) It is fine to aim high if we developed the ability to accomplish our aim, but there is no use aiming unless no gun is loaded. -Wn. Ross

7) The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke

8) There is no way to make people like change. You can only make them feel less threatened by it. - Frederick O'R Hayes

9) Impossible is only a word to be found in the dictionary of fools. - Napoleon

10) It is necessary to try to surpass one self always ; this occupation ought to last as long as life. - Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626- 89

11) It is common sense to take a method and try it.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.
But above, all try something. - Franklin D.Roosevelt.

12) We progress when we think more and better. - Plato

13) Thing do not change; we change. - Henry David Thoreau

14) Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller

15) We have enought people who tell it like it is - now we could use a few who tell like it can be.- Robert Orben

16) It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. - Rent Descartes.

Here i found some of the creative process inspiration quotes online [source]. I feel it is very useful in our design life =) Sometime the quotes can be helping us to improve our self in our life! We actually can do it better and gain a better result if we want~!

Lesson 4 - Associated Mind Map

The class was interesting because the lecturer was keep making jokes while teaching....=)
Before we start the class, lecturer was giving us a piece of A3 paper, and the purpose he gave us the paper is want us to sketch out associated mind map of mortar and pestle by choosing 5 keywords from the power point slides. We need to use the 5 keywords to think out something interesting or may be something weird from the mortar and pestle.

Here are my associated mind map of mortar and pestle. The 5 keyword i chose are fashion, smoke, weapon, game, and money~

The 1st picture is about fashion, human may use the mortar as hat and pestle as necklace in the years of 3001? The second picture is about weapon, due to the mortar and pestle are very hard so its is very suitable for weapon. The mortar is use to cover our fist so that when we attack enemy we will not feel the pain. The pestle also can use to whack enemy too.

The 3rd picture is about $$$ ~ Money =D . Beggar can use the mortar to collect money and use pestle to make some noise to get attention from people for the donation. The 4th picture is about smoke. By using the concept of matches, the frictional force between mortar and pestle can make out fire and smoke.

Come to the last picture, it is about game. Mortar as the steering for controlling the car in the racing game and the pestle as the gear.

"THINK IN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE VIEW"

Packaging

Packaging for enclosing or protecting products.

What I want to share here is a packaging of potato chips from Lays.

The shape of the packaging above is different compare to other photo chips packaging like Pringles or Master Potatoes. However, the packaging is using a high-barrier plastic container. Therefore the packaging innovation ensure fresher, fewer broken chips compare to Pringles.

Some interesting packaging:

Lesson 3 - Method of creative thinking.

The picture above is one of the example of mind map. As you can see from the picture, there is a diagram full with words, lines and pictures. Actually it help us to generate, visualize, structure, and classifieds our ideas. Teachers or lecturers are always asking their students to do mind map for the chapter of the book because mind map is a one of a method taking notes. We will easier recall back existing memories by looking the mind map we created.

There have two different mind map, one is logical mind map and another one is associated mind map. Logical mind map is directly connect to stereotype. This mean every words and pictures that inside the logical mind map is exactly related to the central subject that link to. However, associated mind map is using random word to link another word from central subject that do not related from the central subject.

Here are the examples of logical mind map and associated mind map:

Logical mind map

Associated mind map

What is stereotype?
Stereotype is a
1) A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2) A person who is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type
3) (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
4) To make a stereotype of someone or something, or characterize someone by a stereotype.
5) To print from a stereotype.
[source]

Mind map of myself:

Name: Wong Shu Ping
Birthday: 02/07/1990
Horoscope: Cancer
Job: Student
Primary School: Sjk(c) Taman Rashna
Secondary School: SMK Taman Sri Muda
College: Tunku Abdul Rahman College
University: Multimedia University

whatever! anything!

Whatever? Anything?
This kind drink already can be found in Malaysia~ quite common too.
It help the people that dunno what flavour of drink they want to drink
because the flavour of the drink is RANDOM!

A:"What you want to drink?"
B:"whatever~"
A:"What you want to eat?"
B:"Anything~"
A:" where you want to eat?"
B:"I dunno ..."
A:"where you want to eat...please don't say I DUNNO!"
B:"up to you lorrr =P"

B had make A headache by reply A I DUNNO and up to you...HAHAHA!!!
May be we can named I DUNNO and UpToYou for the restaurant..
so every times your friends reply you I DUNNO and UpToYou,
just bring your friend there! I believe the number of costumers of the restaurant sure keep increasing because i found that many people like to reply like this...I am one of them too =)

and i found that I-DUNNO restaurant is existing in the world but nt Malaysia..
[I DUNNO]

Lesson 2 - Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention.

-----Reflections on lessons learned-----

In lesson 2 , lecturer teach about Novelty, Creativity, Innovation ans Invention. Get to know that Creativity is divide into big capital "C" and and a small capital "c" ."C" is some creative work or product or other things that may influence or change the aspect of culture. However, "c" is only somethings that only for personal satisfactions. Currently, i do not have "C" but "c". =) i hope someday i can create something in the categories of "C".

Is Creativity same with Innovation?
The answer is NO. Actually it quite confusing between creativity and innovation.But after attend lesson 2, i realize that creativity is the process coming out an idea while innovation is something idea selection and development or commercialization or making improvement.
Creativity -> Innovation??
After come out the idea, then turn the idea into reality.

Innovations is divided into 2 categories too.
1)Continuous evolutionary innovations:
- changing and improve the product characteristic but not changing to a new product
-no need user learning
2)Dynamic continuous evolutionary innovations
- need some user learning
- do not disrupt the routine

Novelty is the quality of being new.
Here are my research on Novelty items:

X-ray Specs

Novelty value of X-ray Specs:
X-Ray Specs were long advertised with the slogan "See the bones in your hand, see through clothes!" Some versions of the advertisement featured an illustration of a young man using the X-Ray Specs to examine the bones in his hand while a voluptuous (but fully-dressed) woman stood in the background, as though awaiting her turn to be "X-rayed."

The claim is untrue, of course; besides the unlikelihood of a safe and functional X-ray device selling for about a dollar, X-ray detectors require an X-ray source.

Part or even most of the novelty value lies in provoking the object of the wearer's attentions. These subjects, if unable to be entirely sure that the device did not indeed allow the wearer to compromise their modesty, were liable to respond with a variety of amusing reactions. [source]

Inventor is someone who have knowledge and create something new and come out new idea.After they get the idea , they start to invent it! So they have a process called invention.
Roger Bacon is one of the famous inventor, invented magnifying glass.